Americans Press Kwajalein Atoll In Pacific Drive
U S forces report hard advances on Kwajalein atoll with Roi island secured and enemy resistance fading. Marines occupy seven northern atoll islets while Ebeye area seen as key to control with seaplane bases and airfields. Nimitz says progress is steady and casualties are moderate.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Kwajalein Atoll
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshalls
Hirohi
Roi
Adcout Namur
Howard Handieman
United States
Kwajalein Island
Seventh Army
Ebeye
Nimitz
Wajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Allies Stepping Up Air War In France Invasion Expected Soon
Allied air operations over western Europe accelerate with reconnaissance attacks along the Atlantic wall as American heavy bombers and fighter-bombers strike invasion coast targets. German reports say spring offers best invasion window amid east-front reverses.
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France
London
Western
Atlantic Wall
Budapest
Ministry of Information
West Wall
Stockholm
Europe
Berlin
West
Nachtausgabe
Germany
Totin
Gemma
Paris
Gren
Wilhelmshaven
Frankfurt
Western Reich
Soviets Attack Along Front as Nazis Trapped in Encirclement
Moscow dispatch reports major Soviet gains across the front from the Baltic to the Dnieper. Govorov Meretskov forces seal gaps at Narova and Lake Peipus while red air power targets German divisions. encirclement holds roughly 100,000 troops near the Dnieper with heavy losses.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Baltic
Ukraine
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Narova
Estonian Soviet Republic
Gulf of Finland
Lake
Peipus
Gulf of Narva
Reval
Tallinn
Riga
Govorov
K. A. Meretskov
Lake Peipus
Dnieper
Cherkasy
Kanev
Hitler
Stalingrad
Red
Paris
Vitebsk
Nevi
Nikopo
Lower
Zvenigorodka
Shpola
Nikolai Vatutin
Ivan
Konev
Bombers Sunk Dunkerque Report From Vichy Radio
The French Dunkerque battleship, 26500 tons, launched in 1935, was hit during an attack on Toulon and was reported burning. The ship was seized by the French navy when Toulon fell to Germany in 1942 and later dismantled by Germans. Toulon, a southern French naval base, was bombed yesterday by Allied Mediterranean air forces.
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London
Vichy Radio
Hitler warns pope of step by step threat to Rome
The piece discusses Hitler signaling a cautious plan to defend Rome amid Allied efforts on the Italian front. It covers potential outcomes including the risk of civilian harm and possible Vatican City protection, noting Roosevelt’s view of a holy war framing the campaign.
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Hitler
Rome
Fuehrer
Roosevelt
Vatican City
Col Langston Named Assistant Director at Selective Service
Washington Feb 5 Col John D Langston of Goldsboro North Carolina was named assistant director by Selective Service headquarters The appointment is administrative with Langston continuing to lead the presidential appeals and advisory division after serving as chairman of the planning council
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Washington
John D. Langston
Goldsboro
N. C
Selective Service Headquarters
Selective Service
Gston
Navy to Continue College Training Program
Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of naval personnel, said the Navy department has no plans to discontinue its college training program. He noted the bureau has recently received several inquiries about reports that the program might be stopped.
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Washington
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
Navy Department
Cognac Distillery Destroyed in Fire Near London
A Vichy broadcast reported by the ministry of information said a fire razed a Hennessy distillery near London, destroying 12 000 gallons of cognac.
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London
Ministry of Information
Hennessy
Edda Mussolini Pleaded For Life Of Husband
Prince Stefano Borghese, Rome visitor, reveals that Edda Mussolini begged Mussolini to spare Count Galeazzo Ciano. She reportedly fell ill with lung trouble and tuberculosis after the failed plea. He notes Mussolini remained unmoved as Farinacci and other authorities held power.
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Edda Mussolini
Reynolds Packard
Associated PrPress
Anzio
Italy
Stefano Borghese
Borghese
AMG
Rome
Duce
Galeazzo Ciano
Edda
Mussolini
Ciano
Farinaccci
Robert Farinacci
Showdown On Service Ballot Postponed In Senate Recess
A Saturday senate session failed to reach a quorum and was recessed until Monday. The stalemate centered on service vote legislation with a battle between a federal ballot plan and a state ballot approach supported by Republicans and Southern Democrats. Senator Taft warned a federal ballot must remain secondary to state ballots for all armed forces voting.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
House
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Senate-House
Owever
White House
Congress
Taft
Ohio
WLEB Refuses To Postpone Strike Sanctions Hearing
The war labor board refused to delay a Monday hearing to decide sanctions against 20,000 striking workers in Michigan and Ohio. MESA leaders George White and Matthew Smith could not attend in Washington, but the board insisted on the scheduled time with executives present. The union proposed delaying until all 110 executive committee members could attend. the board rejected this as long as the strike continued.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Michigan
Ohio
George White
Matthew Smith
Mechanics Educational Society of America
MESA
WLB
William H. Davis
Japs No Match For 7th Army Veterans on Kwajalein
American Seventh Army veterans under Major General Charles H. Corlett drove toward Jap pillboxes on Kwajalein atoll as Marine forces under Major General Harry Schmidt pressed small island targets in the northern sector. Losses were light for the Americans while Japanese casualties mounted in blockhouse complexes as fires and bombardment scarred the southern atoll.
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Howard Handleman
Combined
American Press
Associated Press
Joint Expeditionary Force
Kwajalein Lagoon
Charles H. Corlett
Seventh Army
Attu
Kiska
Kwajalein Atoll
mid-Pacific
Harry Schmidt
Roi
Namur
Corlett
Marshall Islands
Kwajalein Islands
Kwajalein
Candy Kwajalein
Isle
Bloody Battle Rages Near Aprilia in Cassino Front
Allied dispatch reports renewed German offensive against the Cassino sector near Aprilia, 20 miles southeast of Rome. British troops repulsed a fierce attack in the area as heavy fighting continues along the front.
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Richard G. ML
Italy
Aprilia
Carroceto
Rome
German Claims of Prisoners and Cassino Breakthroughs
German high command claimed 900 British soldiers captured at the Nettuno bridgehead near Rome and said Allied relief efforts failed. Berlin broadcasts also said a second Allied Cassino penetration was destroyed and that fighting on the Italian front now rivals the severity of the Russian front battles.
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London
Nettuno
Rome
Cassino
Berlin
Desperate Cassino Fight Continues on Fifth Army Front
Allied forces press the Cassino battle with street fighting and mountain clashes as Germans defend the town. American units push near Mt Maida while German 26th division resists from Cassino outskirts and preparations include reinforcements. Prisoner totals rise, and air strikes target Toulon, Adriatic shipping, and French targets amid weather disruptions.
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Fifth Army
Cassino
Reynolds Packard
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Calabria
Aprilia
Anzio
Padiglione
Campolegne
Rome
Garigliano
Mt. Ornito
Castelforte
Eighth Army
Toulon
Adriatic
France
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